Stephen A. & Bob Myers AGREE over the Golden State Warriors’ TITLE HOPES?! | NBA Countdown

Stephen A. & Bob Myers AGREE over the Golden State Warriors’ TITLE HOPES?! | NBA Countdown

Ation in the west is ridiculously challenging after a seven game winning streak the Mavericks they’ve lost three of their last four games during a tough East Coast Swing they now host the 76ers today that’s the first game we have here the Celtics they headlin the second but

It’s the Warriors that are looking to gain some ground in the west standings golden state has won 13 of their last 16 games with some signature wins in that Bunch Park I know that’s important to you and we finished the day in Phoenix where the Suns they look to stay out of

The play in hosting a thunder Squad that is looking to secure the first place seating heading into April so let’s take a look here at the standings and let’s focus in on 5 through 11 where how would you say it Stephen A things are a little bit there’s fluid fluid the Pelicans

They start the day at the fifth spot but they could slide to sixth with a Suns win tonight from there the next pack of teams are sort of jockeying for that playin positioning including the Warriors and the Lakers but the Celtics and the Warriors they’ve actually record-wise been the best teams in the

NBA since February 1st the Celtics are the measuring stick we talk about them as the class of the NBA but are the Warriors more dangerous are they better Bob than their record indicates in the chances they have against those top teams yeah they are I mean they still

Have a top five whatever you want to call Curry in the league player yep and they’re playing the best they’ played all season long they’re healthy Wiggins is now out so so he’s got to get back and know he’s dealing some personal stuff and they’re going to need him to

Make a stretch run because that Wing Defender um and we saw what he did in 22 in the playoffs but this is the thing about the West Malik you know let’s say the Warriors get up to the six seed which I think is the goal for all these

Teams is to get out of that playin that seven through 10 dangerous one game two game situation but then you’re playing Denver who’s the three seat right now so I’m looking if I if you’re in the west there’s no easy way around it I mean it’s all matchup dependent because

There’s certain teams the Warriors I think specifically would want to avoid and then there’s certain teams that they match up better against so I think they’re dangerous I don’t think anybody doesn’t think they’re dangerous now if you’re talking about Boston I do think in the NBA right now there’s two teams

That have separated themselves a little bit and Denver you’re going to respect them because they’re the defending champs we saw them last night and the Celtics those two teams I think are in a little bit of a different tier if you look at the West I don’t know that any

Of us can say with confidence you can’t the Warriors cannot beat the Minnesota Timberwolves Oklahoma City Thunder Clippers I don’t think anybody can say that well for me when I look at the Golden State Warriors I’ve been telling everybody they dangerous when you can make shots that’s where it starts Steph Curry

Is the greatest shooter God has ever created it’s just that simple and when you look at it from that perspective and then you take into account somebody like Jonathan kaminga who basically has been since January 12th averaging 20.6 points second to step on the team shooting five

More shots a game than he was prior to that record is 15- seven with him doing that shooting 56% from the field you can’t ignore that okay P jimsky you can’t ignore Draymond how their defense is elevated Can’t Ignore Klay Thompson back in the start lineup against Toronto

The other night after about five or six games coming off the bench by the way he was playing better coming off the bench than he was as a starter but the only thing I look at Golden State and the only reason to sarily dismiss them as

Far as I’m concerned is because of a lack of size if it were not for that I would look I would be looking at the Golden State Warriors and saying yo y’all they they they could they could possibly be in the finals again because that’s how I feel about them and their

Ability to make shots it’s not one other team in the league that has been through more adversity than the Golden State Warriors not one for as the greymore green suspension CP3 being injured Klay Thompson up and down him moving to the Ben the mixture of bringing in Jonathan

Kaminga uh you know into the starting lineup and again they’re five games above 500 but that’s a testament to how great Steph Curry is he is one of the greatest professionals that the NBA has ever seen a guy that holds himself accountable yeah he never shies away

From the media he never lashes out at anyone never blames anyone he always call it Spade to Spade about how which direction the team is going in and how they’re playing when I think about the greatness of stephh Curry and yes we Stephen A you may have I have questioned

His leadership right and elevating his leadership because we know Draymond Green in my opinion is the heart and soul of that team or as the vocal leader but Steph Curry has been amazing throughout this whole journey and dealing with the Nicks and bruises that the the uh Golden State Warriors has

Dealt with I want to piggy back off of what he said just as in the side I never question ke Steph Curry’s leadership that’s what ticked me off about Steve Curry you looking at me what are you looking at me for because that’s your former that’s your former

Coach the point is I never did that I was ticked off at Steve cerr for implying such a thing what I was saying was LeBron James has religiously been held to a standard with what happened with Draymond and what have you we would have been asking to hear from LeBron why

Weren’t we asking to hear from Steph Curry that was all I was trying to say I I I would say look I I hear that and I hear that and that I I agree I thought you were you’ve always been a little hard on Curry have you I me they got to

Get held to count okay all right that’s fine he is what you said he is um and I do think Stephen A he does get hell of accountable I I think um you know he one time you know we had lost a playoff game while I was there and when you lose a

Playoff game the whole world thinks your season’s over and then you win you’re winning the title so there’s these big swings of emotion and I said to Steph I said Do you ever lose your confidence he said no I said no I don’t that that’s who I am that’s who I have

To be right um so he’s faced the music before uh and he’s delivered but this season you even skipped over and I don’t I guess we should a death of a coach talking about adversity right I mean you’re talking about just the on the court stuff you’re talking about off the

Court a huge thing and Curry the most steady person um and player that I’ve ever been around and like you said one of the best leaders and so Draymond does what he does but the point is is they’re going into Boston today and it’s a big

Test for this team and it’s a measuring stick there is no greater measuring stick than at Boston right where’re going into Boston that is it you’re going to find out who you are now I wish they were fully healthy with Wiggins they’re not but it’s going to be a good

Test for the Warriors but this whole stretch is underscored just how important Draymond Green is for this Team

On NBA Countdown, Stephen A. Smith, Bob Myers and Kendrick Perkins join Malika Andrews to discuss the state of the Western Conference, in particular how dangerous the Golden State Warriors are at making a deep Playoff run.

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